Senate Intelligence Committee Chairman Tom Cotton (R-AR) called on Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard to stop intelligence cooperation with Germany following the country’s crackdown on the populist Alternative for Germany (AfD) party. Germany’s domestic intelligence service recently labeled the AfD a “right-wing extremist” group, triggering political and legal actions against its members, including civil servants and police officers.
Friedrich Merz, leader of Germany’s conservative CDU/CSU alliance, failed to secure the chancellorship in the first round of parliamentary voting on Tuesday.
German authorities are escalating their crackdown on members of the populist Alternative für Deutschland (AfD) party after the federal domestic intelligence agency officially labeled the party “right-wing extremist.” Police officers and civil servants who belong to the AfD may now face expulsion from public service, a move critics say is politically motivated and dangerous for democracy.
Argentina's Interior Minister, Guillermo Alberto Francos, announced plans to declassify all government-held files related to Nazi fugitives who escaped to Argentina following World War II.
